Two-Decade Hospital Bone Bank Allograft Registry in Taiwan

Data from a hospital-based bone bank in Taiwan contains a 20-year retrospective review of 3,979 allografts implanted in 3,193 recipients from July 1991 to June 2011. The registry tracks allograft sources, screening test results, harvest and implantation dates, and recipient outcomes. Analysis includes infection and discard rates, comparing recipients of sterile versus contaminated allografts.

Use Cases

• Analyze infection rates among recipients of contaminated allografts versus sterile allografts using Fisher's exact test on 20 years of data.
• Track temporal trends in overall discard and infection rates across two decades (1991-2001 and 2001-2011).
• Correlate allograft source and screening test results with subsequent healthcare-associated infection outcomes identified through hospital surveillance.
• Model the relationship between dates of harvesting and implantation and the incidence of recipient infection.

Strengths

• Covers 3,979 allograft procedures over a 20-year period, providing longitudinal depth.
• Includes detailed tracking of allograft sources, screening tests, and recipient outcomes for comprehensive analysis.
• Hospital-wide, prospective infection surveillance data enhances the reliability of infection rate calculations.

Limitations

• Data is from a single hospital in Taiwan, limiting geographic generalizability.
• As a retrospective review, data collection may be subject to inconsistencies or missing information inherent to medical records.
• The dataset's structure and specific variables (columns) are not explicitly defined in the provided input.

Provenance

Source

Shau-Huai Fu, based on the allograft registry center of a hospital in Taiwan.

Collection Method

Retrospective review of hospital bone bank registry data and prospective infection surveillance by the hospital's Center for Infection Control.

Time Range

July 1991 to June 2011.

Freshness

Data covers up to June 2011; the metadata was last updated in June 2020.

Geography

Taiwan (specific hospital not named).